Kadima Nursing: Staff Training Violations - PA
That detail emerged during a phone call inspectors made on January 29 to Tap Score, the company whose report the facility had been keeping as evidence of water safety compliance. A Tap Score support employee confirmed the test "did not include testing for any water pathogens only for forever chemicals, which did not include any chemical that would be toxic to water pathogens."
The facility had a Legionella policy on paper, last reviewed January 9, 2025. That policy described a water management plan with seven core elements: a designated team, a flow diagram of the water system, a risk assessment, monitoring controls, corrective actions, verification, and documentation. Inspectors reviewed the facility's Water Management Program Control Measures and found no policy for any specific type of water testing.
Legionella grows in building water systems and causes Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia. Nursing home residents, many of whom are elderly or immunocompromised, face elevated risk from exposure. Federal health regulators have required long-term care facilities to maintain water management programs since at least 2018, when CMS issued a policy memo directing facilities to conduct risk assessments and document testing results.
Kadima's Maintenance Director confirmed the gap directly. During an interview on January 29, he acknowledged the facility had no documentation of water testing as required under its own Legionella policy and that the facility had failed to maintain a comprehensive water management program for twelve consecutive months, January 2025 through January 2026.
The facility's water system had gone an entire year without being monitored for the bacteria it was supposed to be monitored for. Nobody had checked.
Full Inspection Report
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
KADIMA REHABILITATION & NURSING AT WASHINGTON in WASHINGTON, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
Inspectors reviewed the facility's Water Management Program Control Measures and found no policy for any specific type of water testing.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.